StudioCanal has detailed its 50th Anniversary Blu-ray Edition of Jacques Demy's romantic musical
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg a.k.a
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), starring Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Marc Michel, and Anne Vernon. The release will be available for purchase online and in shops across the United Kingdom on February 10th.
A story of lost love, with all the dialogue sung rather than spoken. In the French seaside town of Cherbourg, Genevieve (Catherine Deneuve, in her first screen role) discovers that she is pregnant by her boyfriend, Guy (Nino Castelnuovo). When Guy is drafted into the army, Genevieve marries diamond merchant Roland Cassard (Marc Michel), even though she still loves Guy. She is destined for one last encounter with her true love, in a frosty Esso gas station.
Special Features:
- Geoff Andrew on The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
- Virginie Ledoyen on The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
- Once Upon a Time: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg documentary (52mins)
- The World of Jacques Demy documentary (92mins)
- Audio interview with Catherine Deneuve (80mins)
- The restoration of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (5mins)
- Stills gallery
- Original 1963 trailer
- 2013 Trailer
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg was recently restored by Ciné Tamaris. Below is a video highlighting the many improvements that were made during the restoration with comments by renowned director Agnes Varda, Rosalie Varda-Demy, Thierry Delannoy from Digimage, and director Mathieu Demy.